To no designing whispering court-minions. 10What may your imposts be?
Burgomaster. So heavy that
We totter under them. The garrison
Lives at our costs.
Wallenstein. I will relieve you. Tell me,
There are some Protestants among you still?
[The Burgomaster hesitates.
Yes, yes; I know it. Many lie concealed 15
Within these walls — Confess now — you yourself —
Be not alarmed. I hate the Jesuits.
Could my will have determined it, they had
Been long ago expelled the empire. Trust me —
Mass-book or Bible—’tis all one to me. 20
Of that the world has had sufficient proof.
I built a church for the reformed in Glogan
At my own instance. Hark’e, Burgomaster!
What is your name?
Burgomaster. Pachhälbel, may it please you.
Wallenstein. Hark’e! —— 25
But let it go no further, what I now
Disclose to you in confidence.
[Laying his hand on the Burgomaster’s shoulder.
The times
Draw near to their fulfilment, Burgomaster!
The high will fall, the low will be exalted.
Hark’e! But keep it to yourself! The end 30
Approaches of the Spanish double monarchy —
A new arrangement is at hand. You saw
The three moons that appeared at once in the Heaven.
Burgomaster. With wonder and affright!
Wallenstein. Whereof did two
Strangely transform themselves to bloody daggers. 35
And only one, the middle moon, remained
Steady and clear.
Burgomaster. We applied it to the Turks.
Wallenstein. The Turks! That all? — I tell you, that two empires
Will set in blood, in the East and in the West,
And Luth’ranism alone remain. [Observing GORDON and BUTLER.
I’faith, 40
‘Twas a smart cannonading that we heard
This evening, as we journeyed hitherward;
‘Twas on our left hand. Did you hear it here?
Gordon. Distinctly. The wind brought it from the South.
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